Using wiki to facilitate problem based learning in pediatric dentistry

  1. J. de Nova García 1
  2. C. González Aranda 1
  3. M. Maroto Edo 1
  4. M. Dieguez Pérez 1
  5. N. Gallardo Lopez 1
  6. R. Mourelle Martinez 1
  7. A. Caleya Zambrano 1
  8. G. Saavedra Marbán 1
  9. T. Alvear Campuzano 1
  10. N. Rodríguez Peinado 1
  1. 1 Universidad Complutense de Madrid
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    Universidad Complutense de Madrid

    Madrid, España

    ROR 02p0gd045

Actas:
8th International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies. EDULEARN16 Proceedings

ISSN: 2340-1117

ISBN: 978-84-608-8860-4

Año de publicación: 2016

Páginas: 477-482

Congreso: 8th International Conference on Education and New Learning Technologies. 4-6 July, 2016. Barcelona

Tipo: Aportación congreso

DOI: 10.21125/EDULEARN.2016 GOOGLE SCHOLAR lock_openAcceso abierto editor

Resumen

From all teaching methodologies focused on student learning (active methods), one of the most established in Health Sciences is Problem Based Learning (PBL), incorporated in our discipline (Pediatric Dentistry, Degree of Dentistry) under the impulse of projects of educational innovation of our university (UCM). Its methodology focuses in the student´s ability to solve the common problems of their clinical practice by applying knowledge and skills, so they learn to develop as a professional. The working process is structured in four phases and ends with a summary of the information gathered, a report with new knowledge and presentation of the problem and its resolution to the whole group. The major part of the work is done in non-school hours, which produces a discontinuous tutoring.Some drawbacks emerged from the teachers and students perspective: work overload, superficial development of the problem, lack of tutorial control and excessive autonomy, parasitism among students, collective cover-up, late tasks delivery and last minute difficulties in assessing individual work, etc.After analyzing these problems, we consider the Wiki could facilitate this collaborative work. Its use could be a strategy that motivates the students to realize individual and group tasks, and could allow the visibility of the whole process.